Do you want to be the center of attention but lack ambition? This is for performing arts people and people who want to be popular. You don't see performing and popularity as something negative. This is how to be a friendly, nice attention seeker. Do this over the course of a year so you're not seen as a poser, but if you're an actor you can come across as a poser all you want.

Steps

1

be willing to do anything within reason to get noticed. you want people to like you for who you are, so bring your best self to the forefront.

check out books like David Zyla's The Color of Style, or color me beautiful.

see what astrology has to say about your personality. everyone has faults, and you need to accept your faults as part of who you are. along with your strengths, which is what astrology does best.

take tons of quizzes like "the big 5" or "OCEAN" every week or two to keep your finger on the pulse of your personality.

2

Stop censoring your actions and appearance to fit the social norm. Dabble in grunge, punk, goth, emo, prep, and hippy styles of dressing, because a blend of it all is hipster and indie, and your only guideline for that is to be yourself. Turn your closet and bathroom into a grown-up dress-up trunk. Experiment and find a perfect look that captures your interests and personality, and adapt that to be able to fit into any situation.

3

Stop censoring your speech to fit the social norms. Commonly called mind vomit, say loud and proud absolutely every last thought you have. have the social skills of a 12 year old, saying exactly what you think three seconds after you think it. it's okay to start screaming something about tampons in the middle of the lunchroom. when it goes quiet, laugh hysterically at everyone else's shock to cover your embarrassment. Curse when you feel like it, just use cover ups in front of the elderly and young, like "cheez-whip" to cover "Jesus" and "Oh my golly" to cover "Erma Gerd," "frack" to cover "f*ck", etc.

4

If someone says something that would be funny to do, do it, regardless of if they were serious or not.

It doesn't even have to be funny, but you doing it will end up being so. Like Nike says, "Just do it."

be spontaneous and loud, waving your hands all over to emphasize your sentences. Italians are experts at this. look up Italian hand gestures and watch your own mind be blown.

5

Develop an interesting quirk, and do it every chance you get. do the twist in the middle of the lunchroom. don't worry about looking weird. don't worry about what people think. don't care, cause you're you, and you are a-ma-zing.

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talk to everyone around you, all the time, even if they were talking to someone else. Act like you know all about their subject matter, and what you don't know, ask them. say hi to everyone you run into, and if you forget their name, ask it.

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have no perception of volume. have to be constantly reminded to shut up in libraries.

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constantly have fun. if you're willing to learn, you'll be interested, and interested eventually leads to unhealthy obsessions and tons of fun. be a nerd, but a happy nerd. the definition of nerd being: a person who gets really obsessed about weird stuff and has tons of fun being obsessed. that's not bad, but you also need to be able to tone down obsessions and keep quiet. look up "living with pure-O" for more information.

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Join Facebook and post pictures of everything you do. Update your status as often as you can with your most mind numbing activities; we all need to know that you are thirsty right now. post statuses with childlike simplicity: ""i am happy.""

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Tips

you don't even have to do this to out and out be an attention seeker. the best way to move up the popularity ladder is to be talkative and bubbly, knowing everyone's name.

artsy types can adapt these in order to stand out enough to casting directors in plays, choirs, etc.

Warnings

if you're after popularity, avoid coming off as a poser at all costs. do each of the above once a month. people will come around to the end result as seeing you being bubbly, fun, and slightly irritating, but they'll accept your faults as being a part of who you are. that is your goal, to constantly feel love and acceptance from total strangers. blow off anything negative using the hippie practice of feeling groovy.